Hat-hanger.



W. D. RYAN.

HAT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. SI 1916.

11,222.67@ Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

mAh/M711 P9 MAMA/ifi HAT-HANGER.

Specification pf Letters Tatent.

Patented Apr.. 1*?, 191W,

Application led January 3, 1916. Serial No. 70,071.

To all whom it mawncem:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DANIEL RYAN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, and a subject of the King of England, residing at Maliseet, in the county of Victoria and Province of New Brunswick, in said Dominion of Canada, engineer, have invented a new and useful Hat-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved hat holder formed from a single length of steel wire in such a way that no ends or corners are exposed; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a simple, inexpensive instrument for holding hats, muffs, handbags, and other articles, in public places; second, to afford facilities for preventing the said articles from being trampled under foot, taken by mistake, or stolen; third, to guard against and prevent injury to garments of passers-by by shielding from eX- posure all ends or corners which would be liable to catch, tear or otherwise injure such garments.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a front view showing the hat holder, before installation, with jaws apart;

Fig. 2 is a section along the line 1-2 in Fig. 4, showing the hat holder fastened in position;

Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the hat holder open to receive a hat, muff, handbag, or oth-er article, also one end of the wire, as used in fastening lower portion of hat holder in position; and

Fig. 4 is a front view of the hat holder, with jaws closed, as when fastened in position. v

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

lThe hat holder is made of a -single length of steel wire and is so formed that it combines a rectangular supporting frame, a circular case inside said supporting frame for receiving the loop at the end of the tongue, and a double spring attached to the vupper end of the tongue.

The ends of the single length of wire are bent inward and downward and are used for fastening the lower portion of the supporting frame in position, as at a, Figs. 1, 9. and 3.

The upper portion of the supporting frame has two circular-shaped loops or eyes for fastening said upper portion in position with two screw-nails, as at b, Figs. 2 and 4.

The twin springs consist of two double circular rows or spirals, attached to the upper portion of the supporting frame, said springs coiling inwardly toward each other, as at o, Figs. 1 and 4.

The tongue is attached to the twin springs where the wires end in a parallel and contiguous position, as at d, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The tongue is bent outward and downward until it reaches a point opposite the center of the circular case when said tongue is bent inward and upward to form the holder for hats, muds, handbags, and other articles, thus preventing their release, Vwithout raising the tongue, and guarding against their being taken by mistake, trampled under foot, or stolen, as at e, Figs. 2 and 3.

At a point opposite the center of the circular case, the tongue is bent inward and upward, terminating in a loop at the end of the tongue, as at y, Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

lllhis loop is kept in place and protected from catching or injuring the garments of passers-by by fitting into the circular case which receives this loop, as at g, Figs. l and 4.

I claim:

An improved article of manufacture, a hat holder, formed from a single length of steel wire and consisting of a spring tongue connected to a rectangular supporting frame; the lower portion of said frame is provided with a circular ease inside said frame, adapted to receive a loop at the end of said tongue and having at the upper portion of said circular case the two ends of the steel wire bent inward and downward to form twin fasteners for attaching the lower portion of said frame in position; the upper portion of said frame is provided with two circular-shaped loops which are connected to the upper end of the tongue by twin spirals which coil inwardly toward each other, and and then Spread to form, at the end of the end n parallel members forming the body of tongue, a loop which ts into said circular the tongue, the said parallel members extend oase, alll substantially as set forth.

outward and downward until they reach a VILLIAM DANIEL RYAN. point opposite the center of said circular case When said tongue s bent inward and upward t0 meet the toprof said Circular case Witnesses: Y

JOHN FRANKLIN BRECKON, EMMA MAY WOOTTEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G. Y Y 

